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- Xaevier, on 07/06/2009, -0/+13This all sounds like a good idea until the carbon eating monsters follow the natural progression of life.
1. A paranoid scientist warns everyone this sounds like a bad idea
2. Overstressed boss declares that he can't afford anymore setbacks or they will lose their funding.
3. Random hot female scientist tries to comfort paranoid scientist
4. ???
5. Carbon eating creatures develop a taste for human flesh and nearly destroy the world
6. ???
7. Paranoid scientist destroys the virus without any long lasting implications
8. Sex for paranoid scientist (can also be replaced with grieving over the loss of hot scientist who tripped over a blade of grass and was eaten) - lex0nyc, on 07/06/2009, -0/+10Be very VERY careful. You don't want to develop something that turns carbon dioxide into oxygen and gasoline and also turns potbelly pigs into giant vicious mutants that spit acid or something.
- ach111es, on 07/06/2009, -0/+5Why is the title posing as a question? I came here to learn something new. I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
- chessthecat, on 07/06/2009, -1/+5Maybe you should try Yahoo! Answers. I'm sure someone there can answer your question.
- Langford, on 07/06/2009, -0/+3Interesting what they are capable of now, but trees can already pretty much do that. Kinda reinventing the wheel a bit.
- inactive, on 07/06/2009, -0/+3"Dr Venter's for-profit work makes him controversial,"
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LOL Buried. - constchar, on 07/07/2009, -0/+3For more information play Fallout.
- inactive, on 07/06/2009, -0/+2Yes, we probably can make it cost effective in a few years. Right now, algae fuels are hella expensive compared to hydrocarbons we get from the ground.
- rizzo2008, on 07/06/2009, -0/+2Synthetic Genomics is already trying to do this
http://www.syntheticgenomics.com/ - CreepingDeath, on 07/06/2009, -0/+2while true; trees and other plants do it very slowly compared to the rate we're releasing it. So if we make something that does it faster, and as a byproduct creates a fuel we can use (renewable as long as we keep burning it and re-releasing that carbon)
Of course when it becomes angry and starts eating us for our carbon... - danj484, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
- novenator, on 07/06/2009, -0/+2The dailygalaxy always has interesting articles.
- inactive, on 07/07/2009, -0/+2Can Giant Worms Capture Di-Hydrogen Oxide to create Nanotubes?
- rizzo2008, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1what are you talking about? Genetically modified micro-organisms could be used to produce synthetic petroleum without having to actually drill for oil.
- rizzo2008, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1you need to make them faster though if you want to subplant petroleum usage.
- Langford, on 07/06/2009, -0/+1From an environmental standpoint, isn't it a bit reckless to create something that occupies the same niche in the ecosystem that plants do? Partly if this thing is a microorganism that could become an invasive pest, and partly that it's existence removes incentives to conserve nature.
Trees don't have to be fast, if there are enough big ones. - inactive, on 07/07/2009, -0/+1Well we could take our experience in engineering carbon eating life to Radiation eating life.
Get blasted by a stray exhaust from you Atomo-Car, roll around in the bushes by the freeway. - SardonicCynic, on 07/06/2009, -2/+1Useful? Sure, I guess...as long as we have fuel to burn. This will be more effective at solving environmental problems than energy ones, I would say. It'll help us get rid of what we've already put in the air, but once we run out of oil, it's not going to be a lot of help.
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